First Reader for NI2

Please do (a) Before Reading - everything; (b) Check your Reading - everything; (c) After Reading - Ex 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. (Don't do Ex 7.)  Deadline = 8th / 9th January.

First Reader for NA1

The first reader for NA1 is now available in the office.

 

 

Please do (a) Before reading - everything; (b) Check your Reading - everything; (c) After Reading - Ex 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7.  Deadline = 8th January

Readers for this semester: NI1, NI2 and NA2

Strict deadline = Tuesday 7th May 2013.


For NI One. When Summer Comes. CUP. ISBN: 9780521656115 with CDs.

A hot summer and a holiday by the sea: Stephen and Anna Martins are escaping their stressful lives in London, and taking a holiday in the south-west of England. They make friends with a local fisherman, but when Stephen is called back to London for work, Anna is left alone for a few days. And then something happens which changes their lives for ever.

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For NI2: Land of my Childhood: Stories from South Asia. OUP. ISBN: 978-0-19-479235-6 with CDs.

WINNER: The Language Learner Literature Award 2009

'My brother preferred being with mother and me. He used to help us prepare vegetables in the kitchen or make the bread. But what he liked best was listening to my mother's stories.'

But those childhood days are long gone, and now a great distance divides sister and brother, children and mother. The stories in this volume of World Stories come from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The writers are Romesh Gunesekera, M. Athar Tahir, Chitra Divakaruni, Anu Kumar, Anne Ranasinghe, Ruskin Bond, Anita Desai, Vijita Fernando, and Amara Bavani Dev.

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For NA2: Treading on Dreams: stories from Ireland. OUP. ISBN: 978-0-19-479196-0 + CDs.

At home we started with an innocent life. Walking home from village dances across pale wet fields, looking at birds on the moonlit lake, playing a tune across the water in the early morning with no other sound in the clear cold air.'

Innocence and experience, loss and longing, humour and sadness run hand in hand through these stories.

The stories in this volume of World Stories are by Irish writers Brian Friel, Edna O'Brien, William Trevor, Lorcan Byrne, Frank O'Connor, Claire Keegan, Eamonn Sweeney, and Somerville & Ross.

Readers for Michaelmas Term: NI2 and NA2

 

 

 

Students of NI2 are asked to read and listen to the Macmillan reader, Slumdog Millionaire. It tells the story of Ram Mohammad Thomas, who correctly answered 14 questions on a TV quiz programme. But how did he know the answers? I do hope you enjoy reading it! I'll send the worksheets by email soon. Deadline = January 10th 2013.

 

 

 

Students of NA2 should read The Ghost. It's billed as "a powerful commentary of the British government".  Hope you enjoy it. Again, worksheets will be forwarded to you my email. Deadline = 10th January. I'll be anxious to hear your opinions!

 

A limited number of both books have been ordered for the School; you can buy them any evening before 7 pm in Secretaría. Slumdog Millionaire (Book + CD) = 7 euros; The Ghost = 8 euros.



This Year's Readers

The School can order these books for you. See Diane a.s.a.p.

NA1: These are the readers (with Audio CD) for 2011 - 2012.  Dolphin Music is a science fiction novel set in 2051. CONTROL, the government of Europe, keeps everyone happy in a virtual reality where music made by dolphins gives exquisite pleasure. When Saul Grant, a writer, discovers the truth about the music, the illusion is shattered. He soon sets out to free the dolphins but CONTROL is aware of his actions and will stop him at any cost.

Dragons' Eggs focuses on Tendai, who comes to live in an isolated African village. Tendai is a runner, a dreamer and a storyteller. When landmines turn his world upside down, he runs, dreams and tells stories to try to deal with a terrible tragedy. It has been described as a gripping story of victory over man-made evil, and of a young man who never gives up.

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The School can order these books for you. See Diane a.s.a.p.

NB2: The New Zealand File and How I Met Myself are our stories for this year (both with Audio CD). The first book is about a British spy, Ian Munro, who was suddeny called to a secret meeting in New Zealand. He senses that he is being followed. Who's following him? And why is the coded information he is given so secret that others are prepared to kill for it? Can Munro escape and crack the code?

How I Met Myself  opens on an icy winter's evening in Budapest. John Taylor is on his way home from the office when a man runs into him and knocks him over. The man turns to say sorry and John is amazed at what he sees: the man is John's double. The double rushes away but leaves no footprints in the snow. Over the next year it becomes clear to John that the meeting was no accident and that his double has a very important message to give him.